The shameful reason Doug Emhoff keeps getting a free pass on his scandals with women, writes Congresswoman and rape survivor NANCY MACE

If Kamala Harris is elected president of nan United States adjacent month, her hubby will beryllium awarded nan unprecedented title of 'First Gentleman'.

Yet I tin hardly deliberation of a little suitable measurement to picture Doug Emhoff who, were he joined to almost anyone other connected nan planet, could beryllium condemned arsenic an alleged #MeToo monster.

In August, nan Daily Mail revealed how, successful 2009, Emhoff cheated connected his first woman pinch their daughter's nanny, who was besides a coach astatine her backstage school. The Mail besides reported that Emhoff had allegedly impregnated her, starring to nan extremity of his first matrimony and nan nanny losing her school occupation successful nan process.

No 1 from nan Harris campaign, nan Emhoff camp, aliases nan nanny's circle denied immoderate portion of nan story. Emhoff has since admitted nan affair.

Earlier this month, nan Mail dropped different bombshell: Emhoff erstwhile allegedly deed an ex-girlfriend successful nan look truthful difficult successful nationalist that she spun around. The declare was corroborated by 3 friends of nan alleged victim, who opportunity that she told them that nan slap happened while she waited successful a valet statement astatine an arena during nan 2012 Cannes Film Festival, successful France, astir 2 years earlier Emhoff joined Harris.

An unnamed typical for Emhoff has said that nan study is 'untrue' and that 'any proposal that [Emhoff] would aliases ever deed a female is false.'

On Thursday, Emhoff's ex-girlfriend said exclusively to nan Mail and insisted that her communicative is, successful fact, true.

'Doug sewage retired of nan [valet] line, comes up, turns maine astir by my correct shoulder. I'm wholly caught disconnected guard, I'm not bracing, I'm successful four-inch heels, wearing a full-length gown and it's betwixt 2-3am,' claimed nan woman, referred to only arsenic 'Jane' successful nan report. 'He slaps maine truthful difficult I rotation around, and I'm successful utter shock,' she added. 'In that moment, his disguise had dropped and I saw his acheronian side.'

As a subsister of rape and domestic violence, I find these allegations utterly appalling.

The Mail's stories astir Emhoff's alleged unit person threatened to unfastened nan floodgates arsenic colleagues from his erstwhile rule patient claimed he had been 'inappropriate' and 'misogynistic' astatine activity and that he had allegedly punished female workers who grounded to reciprocate his flirting.

The Mail has besides revealed a 2019 suit that claims – while he was engaged to Harris – Emhoff hired an 'unqualified' part-time exemplary arsenic a ineligible caput 'because she was young, charismatic and friends pinch nan powerful men successful nan office.'

Appearing precocious connected MSNBC, Emhoff dismissed stories about his individual life arsenic a 'distraction.' Interviewer Joe Scarborough didn't moreover inquire if nan claims were existent – only if they had been annoying to our imaginable First Gentleman.

It's each nan much incredible, past (weeks aft news of his infidelity had broken) Emhoff was described arsenic a 'modern-day activity symbol' by Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell because, she insisted, he is 'secure capable successful his ain masculinity to sometimes prioritize his wife's ambitions complete his own' – a reference, of course, to his existent wife.

'What. A. Hunk,' concluded nan breathless Rampell, happy to brushwood disconnected nan nanny matter arsenic elemental 'previous marital drama'.

Just what is going connected here?

So acold from being nan antheral 'feminist' immoderate connected nan Left for illustration to imagine, Emhoff is, successful fact, an outstanding illustration of precisely what nan #MeToo activity fights against: a wealthy, influential man who allegedly exploited nan powerfulness imbalance of relationships for his ain gratification.

In nan lawsuit of nan nanny, it came astatine nan disbursal of a female who was 12 years his inferior and his employee. Her life was changed forever.

Why, then, has Emhoff not been hounded retired of polite society?

Because his woman is nan existent vice president of nan United States. And he is nan beneficiary of a monolithic double standard.

Apparently, we are agelong past believing each women, arsenic nan #MeToo founders erstwhile stated.

A nationalist state of nan victims of intersexual abuse, Kamala Harris, would surely look to person nan correct bona fides.

In 2017, she tweeted: 'Sexual harassment and misconduct must not beryllium allowed by anyone and should not hap anywhere.'

The pursuing year, arsenic a US senator, Harris introduced nan EMPOWER Act, which would person made it forbidden for companies to screen up intersexual aliases different forms of harassment pinch nondisclosure agreements.

Harris has besides been regarded arsenic thing of a ringleader successful a run of arguably manufactured attacks connected Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings, besides successful 2018. He was accused of intersexual battle pinch scant evidence.

When, successful 2019, Harris was asked astir female accusers – including Tara Reade who claimed President Joe Biden had sexually assaulted her years agone – she stated: 'I judge them, and I respect them being capable to show their communicative and having nan courageousness to do it.'

The hypocrisy is breathtaking, and not conscionable from Harris.

Where are nan #MeToo activists denouncing Emhoff? Where is nan media's white-hot spotlight erstwhile it comes to a man wrong an inch of becoming our 'First Gentleman'?

How travel Emhoff is skating free and clear, nary questions asked, correct done it all?

I speak for a batch of women for illustration me, who've been abused and lived to talk astir it: Shame connected them, shame connected him – and shame connected her, too.